Image of the Week: IBM 1620

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

The IBM 1620

IBM 1620 image

The IBM 1620. Photo uploaded by Euthman on Flickr

Photo by euthman on Flickr

Released in October of 1959, the IBM 1620 was focused on the science market as an inexpensive scientific computer.

From Wikipedia:
The IBM 1620 was announced by IBM on October 21, 1959, and marketed as an inexpensive “scientific computer”. After a total production of about two thousand machines, it was withdrawn on November 19, 1970. Modified versions of the 1620 were used as the CPU of the IBM 1710 and IBM 1720 Industrial Process Control Systems (making it the first digital computer considered reliable enough for real-time process control of factory equipment).

IBM 1620. (2011, July 18). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 19:17, July 21, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IBM_1620&oldid=440179344

Digital photo upload by euthman on Flickr.

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Hey! My name is Jesse Zylstra, and I am the administrator of this website. I used to write about free software and programs, online web applications, and new technology -- especially open-source. Now I just write udder nonsense. I also play pipe organ, which I'm told is a fun and interesting fact about me. In the past, I studied network administration. Now I've been trying to pursue a real fake bachelors degree for the last, oh, 10 years or so.
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